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Re: How does the i860 compare as a

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From: Jonathan Krueger
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1989 22:42
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In article <1989Mar28.164428.20458@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo (Henry Spencer) writes:
>>	+ [blit] can't run over a network, like X
>
>What precisely do you mean, "over a network"?  If you mean, with the
>graphic interaction remote from the application process, that is *exactly*
>how Blits work, necessarily so, because the Blit is a terminal and is not
>capable of running the application code.

I believe he meant not necessarily connected to a specfic host.

-- Jon
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From: jkrueger@daitc.daitc.mil (Jonathan Krueger)
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Subject: Re: How does the i860 compare as a
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